My new Dynamic Torque Converter showed up today.
It looks really small compared to my stock converter, but from what
everybody has said I'm in for a vast improvement in my car's
performance.
Having never replaced a torque converter before, I'm looking for any
tips, hints, etc. that my esteemed colleagues ( stupid political crapola
is getting into my vocabulary ) might throw my way.
I'll be doing the work with the car on jack stands, so there isn't much
room under the car. Here's a short, ordered list of activities:
1. Put the car as high as safety allows
2. Remove driveshaft
3. Drain fluid from tranny
4. Remove park/shift cable
5. Remove trans cooler lines
6. Remove neutral safety switch wire
7. Remove little cover to expose thrust plate thingie
8. Remove the 4 bolts holding the thrust plate to TC
( friend suggested marking the position of plate
relative to TC )
9. Drain TC ( do this now or later? )
10. Support engine somehow
11. Use floor jack to support tranny
12. Remove rear tranny mount
13. Remove trans fluid dipstick
14.Remove starter
15.Remove bell housing bolts
16.Carefully lower the tranny and move
it back enough to expose TC
Here is where I have to stop, as I'm not sure how the TC comes off.
Thanks in advance,
Brian
'62 Dart 440 4-door / Poly 318 about to get some juice!
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